Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

@fd no doubt FOR THE LEADERSHIP. and what about the rest of the org, oh 90% of the people that have DATA SCIENCE skills, were hired to code solutions, build models, create architectures for insights and data visualization, perform statistical tests, etc AT THE DIRECTION OF THEIR LEADERS who are responsible for setting the direction of the org, identifying critical stakeholders and getting them in the same room to meet the business objectives of those stakeholders?

The data scientists and analysts that don’t get to perform those core competencies because stakeholders rarely know what they’re doing or what they should be concerned about within their own lines of business. Many can’t articulate what they need to improve, what metrics define their success, or what’s going wrong and needs simply to be fixed. They switch every six months. Their attention spans for projects measure the length of a qtip. Then there’s a reorg, attrition, and a new director to come in and change everything. Exhausting. Like jogging in cement.

WhY cAnT ThE DaTa ScIeNtIsts in IDSA prove their worth? What’s yours? Praying someone comes up with an idea, an understanding, a solution and an automation for your bewildered incompetence?

Yes. They need to rename IDSA.

Will they announce restructuring to categories AND reduction or not say the second out loud ?

@e7 IDSA org has no avenues to assert themselves BECAUSE the IDSA leadership is incompetent. It is literally their job to link the function to the business and why they get paid huge sums of money.

Would love to know what function the IDSA hater is in. You bring up IDSA in every thread. Did DC hurt you? The org could be better organized but to say they are useless proves you don’t know who and what they are influencing.

Everyone blasting IDSA; they have no avenues to effectively assert themselves with competent decision makers who can actually influence the direction of the business.

Get them engineers and let them tell you what you need. Or continue to shove them into infinite zoom meetings with incompetent product managers and watch their spirits wither away until the next layoff.

Pathetic lack of vision. Let people with talent operate to save you from yourself Nike.

IDSA needs more connection with business. Insights should plug into business but doesn’t because of org fighting politics and ideas from leadership who is no longer here

While we’re at it can we also tear down IDSA and rebuild that organization into something even remotely useful!? That whole function is a waste of money and people’s time.

Can confirm, RTO 5 days a week and layoff announcement coming during the call

From what I heard: yes, back to categories as part of the reorg/layoff for NA before move to main campus.

Probably announcements of more layoffs during earnings call.